This was the CNN QuickPoll thing the night of Thursday, 2 December 2004. And the only thing I can even think to say is “what the fuck!?” This is utterly bizarre, and far below what I’d expect of CNN. The only thing I can even think of is that wha...
I just found a heinously strange link through Sahil Malik: http://www.dba-oracle.com/dress_code.htm. This details, in disturbingly exact standards, the dress code for his database consultants. Let’s walk through a couple examples here: Tie - Mu...
iRooster 2.1 is coming, and it’s going to be really friggin’ cool. I wasn’t intending to make my next release a big deal (it was just going to be 2.0.4), but I was seized by a strong desire to implement a feature…which lead itself to another featu...
Halo 2 is fucking awesome. There’s really no other way I can describe it than that. I only have a few gripes: The ending. I have to wait another 3 years or so to find out what happens after this. Damn it. Matchmaking seems to take forever. H...
Hundreds of tons of high explosives are stolen in Iraq after Hussein’s dictatorship collapses. Whose responsibility is it that this happened? According to Scott McClellan, spokesman for the White House, it is a problem that belongs to the interim ...
This is from James Wolcott by way of the always incredible William Gibson (yes, that one): “The savage Iraq insurgency, a tragedy for the Iraqi people and the Americans and other foreigners who have been victims there, has unwound the future in wa...
“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt
I feel like I’ve been engaging in armchair punditry for too long now. I’m going to play all my cards, and make my prediction for this election. We’ll see how realistic my guesses are in another nine days. I’m not going to touch this entry, but I’...
WesnerM writes today on a topic that concerns me occasionally: “By denying the customer a second chance to evaluate the software when they are likely ready to buy, I bet FeedDemon has lost a number of customers.” How many customers for iRooster h...